About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Deportivo Saprissa 1st with 18 points, Herediano 10th with 2, 16 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Saprissa 2.29 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, Herediano 0.57 and 1.86, with the league averaging 1.23. If Herediano win, their total rises to 5 and up to 9th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Defeat has followed defeat for Herediano — five in succession. The last-five ledger: Deportivo Saprissa 12/15, Herediano 0/15.
GioScore's database holds 30 meetings between the two: 12 for Deportivo Saprissa, 13 for Herediano and 5 drawn, at 2.27 goals per meeting. 67% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in San José stages the fixture, a ground that holds 24,000.